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Risk Factors For Re-Hospitalization Following Neonatal Discharge Of Extremely Preterm Infants In Canada, Zakariya Bambala Puthattayil, Thuy Mai Luu, Marc Beltempo, Shannon Cross, Thevanisha Pillay, Marilyn Ballantyne, Anne Synnes, Prakesh Shah, Thierry Daboval
Risk Factors For Re-Hospitalization Following Neonatal Discharge Of Extremely Preterm Infants In Canada, Zakariya Bambala Puthattayil, Thuy Mai Luu, Marc Beltempo, Shannon Cross, Thevanisha Pillay, Marilyn Ballantyne, Anne Synnes, Prakesh Shah, Thierry Daboval
Paediatrics Publications
Objective: Survivors of extremely preterm birth are at risk of re-hospitalization but risk factors in the Canadian population are unknown. Our objective is to identify neonatal, sociodemographic, and geographic characteristics that predict re-hospitalization in Canadian extremely preterm neonates. Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of a prospective observational cohort study that included preterm infants born 22 to 28 weeks’ gestational age from April 1, 2009 to September 30, 2011 and seen at 18 to 24 months corrected gestational age in a Canadian Neonatal Follow-Up Network clinic. Characteristics of infants re-hospitalized versus not re-hospitalized are compared. The potential neonatal, sociodemographic, and …